Electricity Price Increases

[kenmbz]

Just to be clear, what do you mean by "pool on solar"?

We have a heat pump heater and a solar cover, but no indirect solar water heating. The solar cover is a PITA if you have leaves, the bottom of the pool always gets dirty when the solar cover is on, because it interrupts the surface flow required to let the skimmers do their thing. But saving hundreds of dollars per month on running a heat pump, thousands of dollars per season, makes them worth the effort in the shoulder seasons. The expected rise in energy prices only makes that even more true.

... and chicken soup? Thought this thread was about electricity prices.

using solar piped panels for heat and regular electric panels for pump etc.
Still a dream, so many other projects in the queue though.
Would take a while for the solar electric to pay off, but the solar hot water would be longer usage times.
We have solar hot water on the house and during the summer our boiler hardly ever fires.

 

[KennyG]

... and chicken soup? Thought this thread was about electricity prices.

Do we have an award for thread drift? This is a winner.